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Definition of Drouthy
1. a. Droughty.
Definition of Drouthy
1. Adjective. (Scotland) droughty, dry ¹
2. Adjective. (Scotland) thirsty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drouthy
1. droughty [adj DROUTHIER, DROUTHIEST] - See also: droughty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drouthy
Literary usage of Drouthy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... is some what drouthy : Thou shalt not steal" from Samuel Rogers. nor Commit—flirtation
with the muse of Moore. Thou shalt not covet Mr. Sotheby's Muse, ..."
2. The Contemporaries of Burns by James Paterson (1840)
"ARCHIBALD M'KAY, AUTHOR OF " drouthy TAM," &e. THE author of the above graphic "
tale in verse," and several other popular poems, was born at Kilmarnock in ..."
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